WACCI s Vegetable Innovation Lab (VIL)

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1 WACCI s Vegetable Innovation Lab (VIL) Agyemang Danquah, PhD Coordinator, Teaching Programmes & Curriculum Development West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) University of Ghana, Legon June 25-26, 2015

2 Some popular vegetables in Ghana 2

3 Uses of tomato

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7 What is VIL? About VIL Development champion Platform for all VVC actors Hub for R&D Influence in Ghana & WCA Government agencies VIL WACCI s role Coordinating unit Resource mobilisation Education & Training Research Private industry Research institutions 7

8 VILs objectives domesticate and bring into modern agricultural systems, a number of selected AIVs increase farmers access to quality vegetable seeds in WCA increase the productivity, adaptability and quality of selected cultivated vegetables in WCA through modern breeding approaches enhance human capacity in vegetable breeding, production, processing and marketing 8

9 VILs objectives create a platform for engaging the drivers of the value chain, both public and private stakeholders, in discussions for sustainable production and marketing of vegetables establish an electronic knowledge based platform for sharing information and resources influence policy for research and development of vegetables in the sub-region 9

10 Our vision Strategic Partnerships Education & Outreach Cutting-Edge Research Climate Resiliency Food & Nutritional Security VIL improve food and nutritional security in WCA through increased utilisation of indigenous and cultivated vegetables - Prof. Eric Danquah, Director WACCI 10 Thematic Areas Genetic Improvement Vegetable Production and Quality Processing Value Chains & Socio- Economic Research Policy Research Knowledge Management Systems

11 Genetic Improvement Development of heat tolerant, high yielding and consumeracceptable tomato varieties for off-season production in Ghana Dr. Agyemang Danquah, Department of Crop Science, UG Tomato genetic improvement for enhanced yields under salt and osmotic stresses Dr. John Eleblu, Biotechnology Centre, UG Genetic analyses of productivity traits in tomato for improved adaptation to low input production conditions Leander Dede Melomey, WACCI PhD Student & CRI 11

12 Genetic Improvement Germplasm assemblage &management and Vegetable musuem at the WACCI farm for short-term programmes, teaching, learning and research WACCI and others Demand-led Vegetables breeding (Tomato, Africa eggplant & chinensis pepper); PhD and MPhil training WACCI, Rijk Zwaan Afrisem & WUR Plant Breeding Multi-locational trials of the hybrids of some selected vegetables Robert Berlin, SFSA & CRI 12

13 Value Chains & Socio-Economic Research Ghana tomato value chain preliminary study report: Gaps and key considerations to revamp the tomato industry Dr. Irene Egyir, Ministry of Finance/Dep t of AgEcons & Agribusiness, UG Vegetables product profiling WACCI, GhanaVeg & Syngenta Company Tomato market research WACCI & SFSA 13

14 Partnering institutions Department of Crop Science, UG Forest and Horticultural Research Centre (FOHREC), UG Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, UG Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), UG Crops Research Institute (CSIR), Ghana Horticulture Innovation Laboratory, UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Centre, UC Davis, USA AVDRC - The World Vegetable Centre African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) Syngenta Company Rijk Zwaan Afrisem 14

15 Expected output/outcomes Availability of seeds of new varieties from a range of AIVs and cultivated vegetables. Availability of indigenous vegetable production packages Availability of a series of advisory leaflets, production handbooks, manuals and publications in peer reviewed journals. Enhanced human capacity for vegetable breeding, production and protection in WCA Database for accessing information on vegetables Platform for engagement of stakeholders in the vegetable value chain Enhanced food and nutritional security in WCA 15

16 Stakeholders inputs and buy-in Stakeholders workshop (5-year dev t agenda) VIL awareness creation Source for funds $ 5 mil 10 years dev t agenda ($ 20 mil) Sustainable Centre for vegetables R&D Develop proposals Strategies to extend to WCA we are here vision in progress